The 2012 NBA Draft Lottery Thread :knubb:

[EmpireWF]

For fans of non-playoff squads, this Wednesday is the precursor to the draft. Who will David Stern choose to get the Kentucky big man?


Percentages are odds of winning the lottery and the #1 pick

1. Charlotte Bobcats - 25%
2. Washington Wizards - 19.9%
3. Cleveland Cavaliers - 13.8%
4. New Orleans Hornets - 13.7%
5. Sacramento Kings - 7.6%
6. Portland Trailblazers (from Brooklyn; top 3 protected) - 7.5%
7. Golden State Warriors - 3.6%
8. Toronto Raptors - 3.5%
9. Detroit Pistons - 1.7%
10. New Orleans Hornets (from Minnesota via LA Clippers; unprotected) - 1.1%
11. Portland Trailblazers - .8%
12. Milwaukee Bucks - .7%
13. Phoenix Suns - .6%
14. Houston Rockets - .5%

HISTORY -- BELOW 10% CHANCE WINNERS

(1993) Orlando Magic (1.52%) - Shaq
(1995) Golden State Warriors (9.4%) - Joe Smith
(2000) New Jersey Nets (4.4%) - Kenyon Martin
(2002) Houston Rockets (8.9%) - Yao Ming
(2005) Milwaukee Bucks (6.3%) - Andrew Bogut
(2006) Toronto Raptors (8.8%) - Andrea Bargnani
(2007) Portland Trailblazers (5.3%) - Greg Oden
(2008) Chicago Bulls (1.7%) - Derrick Rose
(2011) Cleveland Cavaliers (2.8%) - Kyrie Irving

Since 2000, only 5 teams won the lottery with at least a 10% chance (Kwame to WAS, Blake to LAC, Wall to WAS)
Since 2000, only 2 teams won the lottery with at least a 20% chance (Lebron to CLE, Dwight to ORL)

 

[Rudi]

It'll be the Hornets, Nets or Cavs. No doubt.

Hornets - Stern feels bad cus that nigga CP3 got the fuck out of town
Cavs - Stern still feels bad about Bron Bron leaving Cleveland so why not let em get it 2 years in a row

 

[KNUBB]

The rig is in

 

[EmpireWF]

Bobcats will boringly get it and Davis will reek of whogivesafuck till he reaches free agency.

 

[ralaw]

I'd like to see Davis in Washington.....Wall and Davis would be the next great young tandem. The DMV is in need of a great basketball team.

 

[Umfer]

Davis playing with a Cousins! now that would be :fap: tastic!

 

[TheImmortalGoud]

http://espn.go.com/nba/draft2012/story/_/id/7974916/sources-golden-state-warriors-eye-trade-utah-jazz-secure-lottery-pick

NBA trades in May are a rarity, but the Golden State Warriors are trying to swing one with the Utah Jazz before Wednesday's draft lottery, according to sources briefed on the talks.

The Warriors, sources said, are attempting to complete a deal with the Jazz that ensures Golden State's lottery pick in June will stay in the Bay Area under any circumstances.

After an April coin flip, Golden State has a 72 percent chance of seeing its first-round pick fall within the top seven of Wednesday's lottery, which would allow the Warriors to keep the pick.

But the Warriors, sources say, are prepared to sacrifice a trade asset or two before Wednesday's lottery to make a deal with Utah that would wipe out the stipulations in place for the 28 percent possibility that the pick falls outside of the top seven.

Under the current terms, Golden State's pick must be conveyed to Utah if it's No. 8 or lower, as mandated by a previous trade with New Jersey in which the Warriors dealt a pick that the Brooklyn-bound Nets later sent to the Jazz as part of the Deron Williams blockbuster in February 2011.

One source with knowledge of the discussions described the chances of a trade by Wednesday as "likely." Yet it remains to be seen whether the teams can agree to a deal without involving current players, as Golden State apparently prefers.

Among the Warriors' options to retain their 2012 pick outright is offering Utah a combination of future draft considerations, cash and/or a relaxation of the current restrictions on Utah's rights to the pick in question in either 2013 or 2014. At present, Golden State's 2013 pick is top-seven protected and its 2014 pick is top-six protected.

Warriors owner Joe Lacob revealed on local radio station KNBR two months ago that the club had engaged Utah in discussions aimed at getting "our pick back" at the March 15 trade deadline. But that was before the random drawing at the league office in late April that went in the Warriors' favor, putting them at No. 7 entering the draft lottery after Golden State tied with the Toronto Raptors for the NBA's seventh-worst record at 23-43.

Sources say the Warriors have fresh motivation to try to strike a deal with Utah before the lottery -- even with the odds strongly in their favor to keep the pick outright -- because the price to acquire another top-10 pick in June would be too steep if Golden State's lottery luck is bad.

After the annual in-season trade deadline -- which fell in March this season as opposed to February because of the impact of last summer's lockout on the schedule -- trade season doesn't typically resume in the NBA until closer to the draft.

But the Warriors and Jazz are free to strike a deal now, according to league rules, because both are done playing until next season.

 

[Golden Taters]

Hopefully Kings get a good pick and then move to Seattle.


:shifty:

 

[Rudi]

The Cavs are bringing back Nick Gilbert to the lottery selection for good luck. We gettin that #1 :kobe:

 

[KNUBB]

Dell Demps and Monty Williams are gonna have a super brofest high five when the Hornets grab that #1

 

[KNUBB]

and Tom Benson gonna be all smug and shit.

 

[EmpireWF]

and Tom Benson gonna be all smug and shit.

Bounty has already been placed on Stern should the Saints come in 2nd or 3rd. :smug:


fixed...

Bounty has already been placed on Stern should the Hornets come in 2nd or 3rd. :smug:

 

[KNUBB]

Bounty has already been placed on Stern should the Saints come in 2nd or 3rd. :smug:

Wrong sport but I know where your heart is.

 

[Umfer]

What Davis would bring to the Kings. After being screwed in the last 4 lottery's! We are long overdue especially with what happened in 2002. Davis is the perfect fit to play opposite of Cousins. Add that with the backcourt of Evans, Thornton, Thomas. And the Kings will be looking at the playoffs imo. The City needs this to happen to keep the Kings

 

[FirstTimer]

Aren't the Kings trying to trade Evans?

 

[Umfer]

Yepp, I'd love it if we could package him to get an IGGY, or Gay. Or if he could fix his broke ass jumper smh.......

 

[ralaw]

I knew Evans wouldn't last with the Kings.......it's too bad, because he has a ton of talent, but he really didn't seem to interested this year. It's time for a change.

 

[Primetime]

To be fair....no one is interested in playing for the Kings.

 

[ralaw]

To be fair....no one is interested in playing for the Kings.

Yeah, the Kings are sort of like the Toronto Raptors.

 

[FirstTimer]

Yepp, I'd love it if we could package him to get an IGGY, or Gay. Or if he could fix his broke ass jumper smh.......

I knew Evans wouldn't last with the Kings.......it's too bad, because he has a ton of talent, but he really didn't seem to interested this year. It's time for a change.

Sam Smith wrote they are trying to market him as a SF/SG on the trade market.